Happy birthday Tanner!

 Tanner turned the big 2 6 last week! It was sad because he had to spend the day studying, but that night we gave him presents, went to Kopp's for dinner, had caramel apple pie in a bag for dessert, and watched a movie. His parents watched Eric while we went to dinner and a movie the night before. I felt so bad that he couldn't enjoy the whole day, but I hope he still had a great birthday. He is the best husband and father and we love him so much! Thank you Tanner for being so amazing! I love you!

 Eric wanted to help open the presents.

 His new MCW hat and he got Home Alone, his favorite Christmas movie.

 On Sunday I made an official birthday cake. Tanner requested Better than S** (this is a family blog now) Cake.

 Eric was amazed by all the candles. I love the look on his face.

 Keeping Eric from grabbing the last few lit candles. Tanner must be getting old, it took him 4 tries to get them out! :)

We are so lucky to have Tanner, he is the sweetest, hardest working, most loving man I know. Happy birthday love!

Visit from Grandma and Grandpa Fullmer

Grandma and Grandpa Fullmer came to see us for the weekend last week! It was so much fun to see them and Eric absolutely loved all the attention. We are so grateful for them (and my parents) and all they do for us. Here are some of the fun things we did: 

We went to Holy Hill, a huge basilica that is located at the highest elevation point in Wisconsin. It was a beautiful church, a perfect day, and such a pretty view of all the fall colors when you got to the top tower (though I don't think Pa was all that excited about being in the top tower). Sadly, Tanner couldn't come on our outings because he had exams and had to study, but we still had a lot of fun.
Eric was comfortably carried by Pa the whole excursion, I love him on his shoulders.

 I love that face!

 He was hamming it up to all the other people visiting. It was really windy at the top, as you can see.

 He loved grabbing the bars. See all the pretty fall colors outside?

 He just looks huge in this picture, it's like carrying a bowling ball, he's so heavy!

 The church from the ground.

 Contemplating the meaning of life....

 Inside the church, it was beautiful.

 Eric's first oreo, thanks to Damin (Grandma) and Pa. :) I'm pretty sure most of it ended up on his face rather than in his mouth.

 Pa loved sneaking Eric sips of Diet Coke....

 Sitting in front of the pumpkins at the apple orchard

 "Another face cutout thing?? You guys, this is so humiliating!" Eric hated this part as you can see, so naturally, we had to take pictures. 

 The little lip came out.

 Pa bought him a horse ride, it was the funniest, cutest thing ever. Eric didn't know what to make of it.

"What the heck am I sitting on?"

 "Why is it moving?"

 Look at that little cowboy staring off into the sunset..

 Reaching his limit....

 And done..if you look closely you see he was starting to cry.

 Dinner at Kopp's, yum!

 What a lucky boy to have such awesome grandparents!

 Love this one!

 We had so much fun, it went by too fast. Thanks for coming to visit us, we hope they come again soon!

The past couple weeks

 Eric is now reaching and sitting up better and better. It was like one day it clicked and he realized he was able to reach and grab things for himself. It is so much fun watching him learn and grow so much, so fast.

 Playing with his ball from his toy Grandma Embreus gave him. He loves balls and watching them roll and bounce. He just gets sad that he pushes them away and can't go get them for himself yet. He hasn't started crawling yet, but he is a big boy, so I think it's going to take him a little longer.

 Trying on his Halloween jammies from Grandma Embreus, so cute!

 The hair. There's a nice tuft right on the crown of his head, it's a cute strawberry blonde color and is getting long enough on the sides he has little long hairs over his ears like an old man, it's so cute.

 Wearing Daddy's hat the day of the BYU/Ute game. Notice he is wearing red, he knows what team to root for!

He is a Packer fan too, look at him representin'.

 He loves his baths, and I love those cute rolls!

 Look closely and you'll see the tuft of hair.

 Cutest baby ever!

 I put him to bed lying with his head at the top of the crib (the left of  picture) and he ends up all over the place. Here are some pictures from last night.

 Arm tucked under himself and butt in air, naturally.

Looking studly for church today, he knows how to work a button up shirt and some khakis!

He is so much fun, here are some of the fun things he is doing:

He is learning to clap, he can't make noise yet, but still so cute.
Babbling. He talks all the time and is starting to move his mouth like he trying to say something. The other day he copied Tanner and said 'dada', though we don't count it because he hasn't said it since.
Sometimes he can put his food in his mouth all by himself! It sounds silly, but I was so proud.

Tanner's nickname for Eric is 'stinknut' or 'stinkin' nutcase' and it is hilarious. Every time Tanner gets home from school and asks where his stinkin' nutcase is, I can't stop laughing and Eric gets the biggest smile. Who knew such a little guy could make our lives so much fun?